A Cup Full of Midnight (Jared Mckean) - Hardcover

Jaden Terrell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579622259 ISBN 13: 9781579622251

Publisher: Permanent Press, 2012

Synopsis

At thirty-six, private detective Jared McKean is coming to terms with his unjust dismissal from the Nashville Murder Squad and an unwanted divorce from a woman he still loves. Jared is a natural horseman and horse rescuer whose son has Down Syndrome, whose best friend is dying of AIDS, and whose teenage nephew, Josh, has fallen under the influence of a dangerous fringe of the Goth subculture. When the fringe group's leader - a mind-manipulating sociopath who consideres himself a vampire - is found butchered and posed across a pentagram, Josh is the number one suspect. Jared will need all his skills as a private investigator and former homicide detective to match wits with the most terrifying killer he has ever seen. When he learns that Josh is next on the killer's list, Jared will risk his reputation, his family, and his life in a desperate attempt to save the boy he loves like a son.

"If there's anything Terrell can't do, you wouldn't know it from reading A Cup Full of Midnight. This is a riveting, deeply felt novel with a terrific mystery at its core." - Timothy Hallinan, author of the critically acclaimed Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers.

"If Taylor Jackson ever needed a private investigator, she would call Jared McKean.." - J.T. Ellison, best selling author of The Cold Room.

About this title

About the Author:

Jaden Terrell is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, Sister in Crime, and the Tennessee Writer's Alliance. A graduate of the Citizen Police Academy and the joint FBI/TBI Citizen Academy, the former special education teacher has a red belt in Tae Kwan Do and is certified in Equine Sports Massage Therapy.

Review:

''If there's anything Terrell can't do, you wouldn't know it from reading A Cup Full of Midnight. This is a riveting, deeply felt novel with a terrific mystery at its core.'' --Timothy Hallinan, author of the critically acclaimed 'Poke Rafferty Bangkok' thrillers

''If Taylor Jackson ever needed a private investigator, she would call Jared McKean.'' --J. T. Ellison, bestselling author of The Cold Room

Jared McKean, the Nashville cop-turned-private-eye, returns for a second helping of action and intrigue. When the rather twisted leader of a goth group, who believes he is a vampire, is murdered, Jared's nephew Josh, a member of the group, is quickly identified as a suspect. Can Jared dig his nephew out of this hole before Josh becomes the next victim? In the first McKean mystery, the excellent Racing the Devil (2012), Jared was a suspect in a homicide; here, it's his nephew. You'd think this might lead to a case of the rerun blahs, but, despite the thematic similarity to its predecessor, the book works very well. Terrell gives Jared plenty of fresh detecting to do, and he includes a meaty subplot involving the manipulative nature of cults (especially on impressionable young minds). A worthy successor to the author s top-notch debut. Fans of mainstream PI novels definitely need to check out Terrell. --Booklist, August 2012

Author Terrell does not just tell a story, she plays with language to permit the story to take on its own life as you read. And her characters never lose their humanity, even as they struggle with pain that is almost more than an individual can bear. --Suspense Magazine

"Saddle up for PI Jared McKean's welcome second appearance. While successfully juggling a complex cast with numerous minidramas, Terrell never loses focus on a case about troubled teens, which he writes with sympathy" --Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Permanent Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1579622259
• ISBN 13: 9781579622251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288